With this decision, it is clear that all the municipalities in the Lofoten islands is against a … – Daily

the local Council in Vågan turned into the issue of impact assessment in the Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja when the question was taken up on Monday.

After a lengthy debate was a fellesforslag from the Left, Red and A approved by a 19 to 10 vote, type Lofotposten. A proposal from the mayor Eivind Holst (H) to say yes fell. Both the Right and the Labour party was divided on the issue.

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The best option is to say yes to an impact assessment of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja. It will create development, said Holst.

the Proposal will allow up to the municipality in advance of any final decision should have the opportunity to express themselves and get all facts on the table. But many went on the pulpit with the arguments against.

– impact assessment is a åpningsprosess. We have the knowledge in buckets and pails. There are insane amounts of reports that are written since the year 2000, and it is used over a billion on kunnskapsinnhenting, said Gaute Wahl (V) providing fellesforslaget.

With this decision, it is clear that all the municipalities in Lofoten opposed to an impact assessment.

Powerful signal

This shows, with all clarity, that the majority in parliament is on a collision course with the locals, believes the leader of Naturvernforbundet Sally Ash Lundberg.

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– This should especially be a powerful signal to the Labor party, when more than half of their kommunestyregruppe in Vågan says no to environmental impact assessment, ” says Lundberg, in a written comment to the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen.

If any party seriously think they can have environmental and klimaprofil without to clearly say no to opening this area for petroleum activity takes the serious mistake. Since the last has the popular resistance only strengthened, and I can guarantee that it will continue to do leading up to the parliamentary elections in 2017, she adds.

– Follow a trend

Also Bellona adviser Sigurd Enge believes this is a pleasing novelty.

– Now all the municipalities in the Lofoten islands on the line, and this follows a trend we have seen in the unions and in the Labour party. The Post-Paris reality sank into over the people, throughout the country. It is very gratifying, ” says Enge to Dagsavisen.

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He believes a local no, should be a clear signal to the Nordland Ap, which they can take with them to the Aps on which to take a position on the question until the spring.

– When the municipalities are saying no to environmental impact assessment, they say at the same time yes to other industries such as aquaculture and tourism, ” says Enge.

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